‘I’m determined to wear a trouser suit to the office one day. If it works for Carrie Mathison...’

Trouser suits: they should be so easy, shouldn’t they? I mean, men wear
them all the time. Chalk-stripe ones, tweedy ones, linen ones,
machine-washable ones and all the careworn, slightly shiny, I
need-a-dry-clean-but-my-owner-can’t-be-bothered ones in between. So why are
they so difficult for women to pull off with aplomb?

As if trouser suits weren’t self-conscious-making enough, we decided to put me
in a pink one (it does come with an added bonus, though – it is currently
marked down to the January-friendly tune of 50 per cent). Not only are
trouser suits a key trend for the new spring season; so